Villarreal 3-1 Deportivo Alavés: result and report
La Liga · Saturday 10 January 2026
Result
Villarreal 3-1 Deportivo Alavés
La Liga · Saturday 10 January 2026, 15:15 UTC · half-time 0-0
Villarreal 3-1 Deportivo Alavés: match report
Villarreal beat Deportivo Alavés 3-1 in La Liga on Saturday 10 January 2026. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Alberto Moleiro opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Villarreal's goals came from Alberto Moleiro (49'), Gerard Moreno (55') and Georges Mikautadze (75'). Deportivo Alavés scored through Toni Martínez (85').
Discipline: Villarreal received no yellow cards; Deportivo Alavés received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Villarreal were 3rd on 38 points from 17 and Deportivo Alavés 14th on 19 points from 18. Villarreal went on to finish that season 3rd with 72 points, and Deportivo Alavés 14th with 43.
Villarreal lined up in a 4-4-2 and Deportivo Alavés in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Alberto Moleiro of Villarreal (8.5), ahead of Juan Foyth (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Villarreal wins, 2 draws and 3 for Deportivo Alavés.
Key events
- 10'Yellow card · Carles Aleñá
- 45'Yellow card · Jonny Otto
- 49'Goal · Alberto Moleiro
- 55'Goal · Gerard Moreno
- 75'Goal · Georges Mikautadze
- 85'Goal · Toni Martínez
Head-to-head
Team news
Villarreal line-up (4-4-2)
Luiz Júnior, Santiago Mouriño, Juan Foyth, Renato Veiga, Alfonso Pedraza, Tajon Buchanan, Santi Comesaña, Dani Parejo, Alberto Moleiro, Ayoze Pérez, Georges Mikautadze
Deportivo Alavés line-up (4-2-3-1)
Antonio Sivera, Jonny Otto, Nahuel Tenaglia, Jon Pacheco, Victor Parada, Pablo Ibáñez, Antonio Blanco, Carlos Vicente, Jon Guridi, Carles Aleñá, Toni Martínez